Tenses

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What is the Simple Past Tense?

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The Simple Past Tense is used to describe actions that happened and were completed in the past. Example: 'I walked to school yesterday.'

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How do you form the Simple Past Tense for regular verbs?

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For regular verbs, add '-ed' to the base form. Example: 'play' becomes 'played.'

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What is the Present Continuous Tense?

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The Present Continuous Tense describes actions that are currently happening. Example: 'I am reading a book.'

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How do you form the Present Continuous Tense?

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Use 'am/is/are' + verb+ing. Example: 'She is running.'

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What is the Past Continuous Tense?

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The Past Continuous Tense describes actions that were ongoing in the past. Example: 'I was watching TV when you called.'

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How do you form the Past Continuous Tense?

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Use 'was/were' + verb+ing. Example: 'They were playing soccer.'

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What is the Simple Present Tense?

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The Simple Present Tense describes habitual actions or general truths. Example: 'He plays soccer every Saturday.'

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How do you form the Simple Present Tense for regular verbs?

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Use the base form for all subjects except third person singular, which adds '-s' or '-es.' Example: 'She watches TV.'

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What is the difference between 'was' and 'were'?

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'Was' is used with singular subjects, while 'were' is used with plural subjects. Example: 'He was happy.' vs. 'They were happy.'

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What is an example of a sentence in the Simple Past Tense?

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Example: 'I visited my grandmother last week.'